Every Spring Festival, it is a day for us Chinese to worship ancestors and sweep tombs, at this time relatives and friends gather together, bring tribute, and go to sweep tombs with nostalgia for ancestors, which is also the sacrificial culture that has been handed down in China for thousands of years. Among them, there are many exquisiteness and taboos.
Although our times are changing, many feudal superstitious ideas have been eliminated, but as the saying goes: "It is better to believe in what it is, not to believe in it", and the truth summarized by the older generation for thousands of years still has a certain life experience in it, and we should respect it, which is also the embodiment of filial piety. And the older generation often said: "If you don't bring four to the grave, the blessings of the future generations will come", when we go to the grave during the Spring Festival, what are the four things that can't be done?Come with me and take a look!
We in China have always been very particular about eating, and the tribute should also be delicate and small, which can fully express the respect for the ancestors. Some of the bad and hollow tributes can not be broughtFor example, when going to the grave, generally do not bring pears and plums, which means "separation", the ancestors have already passed away, if you see the pears that mean "separation", you will think that you have to separate, and the mood will inevitably be bad.
You can't bring melons and grapes as hollow or bunches of tribute, "hollow" melons imply "insincere", "heartless" and other meanings, is disrespectful to the ancestors;"Bunches" of grapes, lychees, longans, etc., imply that the family may die in bunches, in order to avoid this, do not bring such tributes, but bring apples that symbolize peace, etc.
The number of tributes to the grave is very particular, generally the cakes or fruits on the grave do not need to choose the double number, should bring the singular number, such as one, can not bring one. The common saying of the ancestors: "sacrifice three tributes and four", which means that the amount of food offered by the sacrifice and the offering is not the same, the sacrifice should be singular, and the sacrifice should be even.
Because the ancestors who died are different from the living, they do not pay attention to "good things come in pairs";And from the perspective of yin and yang balance, the singular number is yang, and the deceased belongs to yin, so the number of tributes should be selected as singular, so that yin and yang can be balanced.
Sacrifice is a very solemn and serious thing, to express the sorrow to the ancestors, not to play in the mountains and rivers, if at this time to wear colorful and festive clothes to participate, it is a very rude thing. If you are attending a festive occasion event, you should indeed wear clothes in bright, bright colorsDuring the sacrifice, plain clothes such as black, white, or gray should be worn.
At the same time, remember not to wear heavy makeup, which is also a great disrespect and unfilial piety to the ancestors, so it is best to go to the grave with light makeup or no makeup to express the nostalgia and condolences to the ancestors. Ancestors will also bless their descendants because their descendants know how to be polite and measured.
The ancients believed that after people die, it is not the end of their lives, they will exist in another form in another world, so there is a view of "yin and yang". When we go to the grave, we must not bring anything to ward off evil spiritsFor example, peach wood swords, dog teeth, gourds, jade, cinnabar, yellow paper, and so on.
There are also peaches and pomegranates are also inappropriate, because peach wood is considered by the folk to ward off evil spirits, pomegranates represent the meaning of prosperity and prosperity, many children and grandchildren, these two types of fruits belong to the "Zhiyang" fruit, which has the effect of warding off evil spirits.
Because the original purpose of the sacrifice is to sacrifice the ancestors, if you take something to ward off evil spirits, it will "hurt" them, they will also be afraid, and the sacrifice has lost its meaning, and this is a great disrespect to the ancestors.
The older generation often said that "go to the grave four do not bring, the blessing of the future generations comes", is summed up by life experience, to this day, the emphasis is also very intriguing, at the time of the sacrifice, whether it is to wear or tribute to be decent, as a descendant needs to be well understood with good intentions, so as not to have some wrong practices in the serious matter of sacrifice, will make the ancestors feel disrespected.
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Comments:
1. This kind of broken custom is eliminated little by little with young people. --Tom Jerry has a lot of fun.
2. What grave is not on the yellow paper--HP1319963
3. Feudal superstition is unacceptable - Lingxiao Flower who pulls out the network cable in Xinghua Village.
4. A serious nonsense, I go to the grave, 4 bottles of liquor, 4 bottles of beer, standard - truck driver WA2
5. Ah, all over the world, it's better not to generalize! --Wen Yan 68